Daily Republican., 1887-02-04
NY ASSASSIN,
BY FRANK LYNN.

am rather timid. I may "a we'll
CO Mess 1t. Although l had some ele-
mems OF bravery, yet desire to avoid
personal encounter.
was living Ia m Iowa town when l
bad tile adventure herein narrated.
was temporarily o. gagged on q morning
paper, and usually came home about 2
O'Clock In the morning Partly N .
financial matter. and partly a. q matter
OF friendship, Fred Lao and Char'e
Hockney were furnished With lodgings
1t my house. wbioh WAS on o quiet.
we'll lighted street, within y block OF
the street CARS.
Among nay repor.orial duties, II had
fallen upon me To write mp" In any
thing but favorable light, some facts
In regard 20 . rough who, although
well-knowl, had managed 70 keep
within the pale OF 80 called respectsbtl-
ity until recently, when he had been
Charged with IN infamous crime. Per
kins, when arrested, had NO din cnlty
In giving = heavy bond, which was
worth ten times It's face. and when be
found how ne had been handled in tho
Bualer, he swore vengeance against the
| writer Of the article.
OF course my friends lost no time 10
conveying the pleasant infoI nation tc
| my ears. They advised me TO have him
| placed under bonds to keep the peace
but, while YVES far from feeling com
Portable, I positively refused to do 90
for would not confess under oath t1s
l WAS afraid OF him, no wevsr frankly
,ght admit 1t to myself.
For o week nothing happened TO dis
turb the evan terror Of my life, although
for few days was In . painful Stat
OF suspense
Aoont ton days after the threats ha,
beep made was returning home at tn
usual bcu,-long before the milk mel
egao 70 stir. As turned corner
fAncied saw some one following me
Whether IL was q belated citizel
making . night OF 1t. or whethe
1t was 0 sand Dagger hired TO urea
cory vengeance on me, knew not; bu
fesliog decidedly nervoua. increase
my pace.
Now In my &c uthful days l had bee
somewhat noted as . rapid walker
Indeed, had participa ted In more tina
one amateur heel and too contest an
came ont victorious.
When turned the corner anr. bega
TO take the long, swinging strides tina
used TO be the admiration OF my oour
try friends I doubt II ever covere
ground M rapidly In a straight wall
glanced back occasionally 10 zee
my man WAS still following, and whe
hs reached tbe corner I WAS Mortified
ord that he was gaining upon me.
was within two blocks of home, al
when turned the txt corner l mus
confess that I adopted the go as yoI
/ 81 h<Sd ~ n farrttnry
l was iDexpresstbly relieved TO flu
that kept well in advance. When
reached home / had ample time to NJ
lock the door with my~n,Rht key an
observe tbs stranger ~ he passed o "a
lamp. ! had never seen him befor'
hut be i'm pressed me as being . har
case.
He pass d TO the corner and etoo
there several minutes. In the meal
time I had an tered the hall and VS.
Watching him through the windo v
After glaucing at the hous aud look In
at his watch, he turned and walked d,
IiberAtely away in the objection froI
which he had come.
had taken o mental inventory Of Il
man, and WAS sure wonld know hi
again. I removed my hat and overcoa
placed them ON the rack and en- tered ii
dining room, where NY wife alway
left q iurcheon for nae; but tiiat nigf
my mental condition was auch that N
appetite Has very easily satisfied.
/ said nothing about che oosurrent
to my wife or any OF my friends; but
thou ght q great deal about 1t The 70
lowing night, when almost bome,
again observed some one following m
rnis time be wss nearly block In IL
rear, ard was apparently taktngit vel
ieisurelv. When entered the house,
watched through the window until b
passed.
II was the same man who hail 70
lowed me the previous nights He A2ai
stopped at the corner, glanced at b
watch and deliberately Walked away u
before.
As I have eiready confessed, betu
naturally of q nervous tsmperamau
my feelings can be better imagined tbs
described; butt 1t 10 sufficient to say the
II WAS thoroughly satisfied that th
stranger WAS on my track aud Was gel
ting his bearings.
The next day I went down town yer
| much mystifed and exceedingly auz
ious. Was afraid to mention thu ma
I ter to my friends, 90 kept my ow
I counsel. In my spare moments / trio.
l to invent q number of theories to &C
count for the presence OF she mysteriou
| DO, souaee; but none were entirely sati,
factory.
That evening there was . light snow
fall. ard the weather suddenly turpe'
bitter cold. When l went home say
| no one. but on entering the house l wa
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